Young Black Man

The everyday struggle of a young black man Just the thought of being broke Trying to get him to understand If you don't work You don't eat But these young black men in today's generation have their own understandin about this dog eat dog world And what it's like to survive in the streets On the block with the nicks and the dimes Like a 9 to 5 Saying they just trying to make ends meet But when those ends don't meet Than their mindset change And turn to plan B Now they scoping out the next man neighborhood Than head back to the house just to plot a B&E Hoping they don't get caught But when they get caught They sit alone in a cell Looking at their reflection as If they were looking at their own worst enemy But nobody din't get you there but yourself Young Black Man You have to ask if need a little help Young Black Man Now you having dreams Anticipating your freedom in that outside land But when you get outside You head back to the block to the trap house To grab your fie and a pound And head back out on the block Talking bout you putting in overtime Young Black Man So it's no more 9 to 5 Now it's sunrise to sunrise but when will you look over your life And finally realize you could have did something better Now you have a child on the way Do you think they care if you work at mc D's , BK Or sold water off the side of the palmetto Just to get a buck Young Black Man You can be an entrepreneauer Set forth and learn something new bruh Instead of being subjected to the streets And next thing we know we lose ya Now you got your family and friends Heading to the Flea To get that R.I.P. placed upon theor black Tee Forced to think about the old days and loved memories Cause you see "Back in the days I was young and afraid Like I was lost in a maze A creature trapped in a cage And I just wanna be free Be FREE BE FREE!!! So Its time we make a change...